NDSU

2016 SEASON (SENIOR): Voted to the All-Summit League Second Team ... Played in 49 games with 37 starts ... Hit .290 with 42 hits in 145 at bats ... Compiled 18 RBI, five doubles, one home run, eight walks and three sacrifice flies ... Posted multiple hits in 11 games ... Sanders' homer occurred in North Dakota State's second game at Oral Roberts April 3.

2015 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 44 games with 27 starts ... Hit .344 with 43 hits in 125 at bats ... Compiled eight doubles, one home run and 19 RBI ... Went a season-best 4-for-6 at the plate with a homer and three RBIs at Omaha on March 22. 

AT CHANDLER-GILBERT CC: Was a two-year starter ... Compiled a .359 batting average with 37 hits, five doubles, one triple, one homer and 15 RBI in 37 games as a sophomore ... Competed in 27 games as a freshman, tallying a .340 batting average with 27 hits and nine RBI.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Jake Anders at Lake Oswego High School where he was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter ... Was first team all-league as a senior and junior and second team as a sophomore ... Earned second team all-state accolades as a junior and third team honors as a senior ... Was an Under Armour Preseason All-American going into his senior year ... Hit .270 with 20 hits, seven doubles, two triples and 15 RBI in 24 games as a senior ... Also played football and was a member of the American National Honors Society.

PERSONAL: Son of Martin and Kathleen Sanders ... Has one brother, Travis ... University studies major.